The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-17
UNBs NEAR PONPEu.
INTERESTING ACCOUNT o. a veav
RECENT DISCOVERY.

INTERESTING ACCOUNT o. a VERY
RECENT DISCOVERY.
ssssst - Tsnbs s.A Their Csuts.es.
Seven Large Statues 1sasA-Rsdsly
TrsesA n.sssapeaoss- CA.ssssy Urns.
Tshisss. shn,os and 49,
/, In(the year f1eO the digging Of we'll
I1evealed the existence Of the ancient city Of
Herculaneum beneath the modern towns
of hssipi iand Portici. The same opera
eion On the part, Of the owner Of vine
the aniphithe az Pompeii led to the
discovery, about six weeks ago, OF street
Of tomhs running in . direct line from
POmpeh to Noceru- Taking advantage ~
the visit Of an archaeological friend Of
mime, who had just returned from . sci
enttnc tour to Pergamon, I accompanied
him and Professor Sagliano, directors Of
the excavations, to visit the newly discov-
cred Yalns.
The Assle space at present dug ont has
brOuaAt b tght, deep below the surface
Of tbsWsnua, . tolerably vide smi veil
made ancient road, Of a kind Of macadam
construction. slightly arched in the center
20 ~ to allow the rain water to run OF,
snd- with u low earthly bank on either
side, on the top Of which are the seven
tOmhs recently ysxcayafsd, four on one
side and tAreeE on the other This road
runs nearly due east In the direction from
Pompeti To Nocsea, the portion now ex-
cavated lying about 900 feet from the
Po'upeiian amphitheatre, and 10 is sup
posed that when il Is all excavatel hack
10 PonReti y city gate will be found at its
eOnl1neOceusent. IL In also NOS improhabte
that near the city IL will he found to be
paved witA Ava, like the celebrated street
Ut Tolnhs ON the western side.
ct USDEE PUMIcK STONES.
Should the whole he found to he ~
closely -iued with tombs - IL the portion
laid harv, 10 will be one Of the most i'm
portsnt discoveries lately made In this
part Of the world. Unfortunately money
n wanting and the excavation Is going on
butsslDw1y. The ancient level Of the street
being here very low, the road Is first COW
cred 10 the depth of ten or fifteen feet
with pWmice stones elected from Vesuvius
during the great eruption OF 1872. Then
c0TnO this layer OF sshes; then again ~
strotpn q purssice about ten inches thick,
another thin line OF ashes, and over all
earth several feet deep. just below this
upper. earth were found seven large stat
ues, which had evidently surmounted the
toWhA lnnsash- On the road itself can be
80 " ."s~ >~'s.~s
by The wheels~ Of passing vehicles. The
to06says esected on . straight line on
eieher 80, aoc where one ID set rather
baek u hss ; low stoue balustrnels, which
keops the HE and extends beyond the
tomb. Probably inciosing . space pur-
Snssei TOT sutsequens tombs, ana tnen
me mex. tonin Is again DUH iorward On
s.e VI 9'nn' me mus TINS nt'S Pofuion
% eG awaited street mas = nsst ana gym
m~Crical nDDoaranee.
Ine nrs' 1omo excavsteu, neihG sne one
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N.Y. peinteain RED, one o. when 70 no
Is an eoveetnemeoe apprhmg the
- by 49, = runeway horse n: cese
To- OF socAe ss.e ana eoaor. enn thai
the owner may have oy applying 70
S S iIoan NoSsI1, ~ sne oLMeo over tne
nc, .o"sru s.aMn- IN ,acs, SUCH IN
whivh I've sv iI &c, r :. |. t nnhIic
nSspaP~ So tne 'mcny ne0uenteu roSn.
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THE INSCRIPTIONS
Nearly AL tne Tu0eiy traced fNScrlptlON9
(which OF course have nothing to do with
She Gue inscriptions on marble slabs that
denote the name and qualities u thu de
ceased, relate to Nocers, showing the in
nuence Of that neighbOrfng town on POM
peii. One Of the marble inscriptions gives
to Nocera the surname Of Constantia, in
relation to It's, fsithfulness-A surname, I
believe. -sasn hers In thds connaefion for
the hrst time. One Of the tombs had been
suxniOunte<l on its four corners with stone
pineapples, interesting q suggestive Of
- uevIs Of dscoratton n noticetl in The
immense single pineapple said to have
crowned Hsdrian's tomb in Rome. IL In
curious that in the inches Of one of the
lambs stand two ANAL hesdsfopes in
stead q mans.
Ths ststuss. |. cinerevy urn. ls,o.e marble
tablets, skulls and homes have been de-
hard bys ~ excepe one nfAtoe, which LES
prone upou tne Htounu nesf tho excsve-
WON. anu sesVes, py strn6 passed roono
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